Neuromuscular monitoring in 2024: are we practising to the highest possible standards?

Professor of anesthesia at the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Technical University of Munich in Germany.

Prof. Heidrun Lewald currently works at the Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Technische Universität München and does research in anesthesia with a focus on neuromuscular transmission and obstetric anesthesia.

J. Ross Renew MD FASA FASE graduated from Clemson University (Chemistry, BS) and completed medical school at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.  Dr. Renew completed anesthesia residency at Mayo Clinic Florida and his fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.  Dr. Renew then returned to Jacksonville and has worked on staff at Mayo Clinic Florida where he is currently an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology.  Dr. Renew serves as the Vice Chair of Research and Associate Program Director for the department’s residency program.  His research interests involve neuromuscular blockade and monitoring, transesophageal echocardiography, and caring for the cardiac patient undergoing non-cardiac surgery. 

Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and Consultant. He completed anesthesiology residency and fellowships training at the Yale University and was Faculty in Yale School of Medicine for a decade.

Member of Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) for 25 years and Executive Committee and Board of Directors member; chaired APSF Scientific Evaluation Committee.

Past Editor of the Patient Safety Section for Anesthesia & Analgesia. Was selected member of the Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee with the United States FDA.

Founder and Chief Medical Officer of a medical device company that seeks to eliminate residual neuromuscular block and postoperative complications; member of four scientific advisory boards of international companies.

Presented hundreds of lectures nationally and internationally, and has authored over 400 scientific works, including 186 peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as editorials, letters, books, book chapters, educational videos, and abstracts.

Consultant Anaesthetist at Tayside, special interest in Ultrasound and Regional Anaesthesia, Neuromuscular blockade, Obstetric anaesthesia and pre-operative assessment.

Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the University of Liverpool.

After attending medical school at St Andrew’s, Prof Jennifer Hunter completed her training at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, where she began her career in academic anaesthesia. Prof Hunter has been a lecturer at Liverpool’s Department of Anaesthesia, an Honorary Secretary for the Anaesthetic Research Society and was the first woman to become the Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Anaesthesia, and the Chair of the BJA Board. 

Professor of anesthesia at the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Technical University of Munich in Germany.

Prof. Heidrun Lewald currently works at the Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Technische Universität München and does research in anesthesia with a focus on neuromuscular transmission and obstetric anesthesia.

Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and Consultant. He completed anesthesiology residency and fellowships training at the Yale University and was Faculty in Yale School of Medicine for a decade.

Member of Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) for 25 years and Executive Committee and Board of Directors member; chaired APSF Scientific Evaluation Committee.

Past Editor of the Patient Safety Section for Anesthesia & Analgesia. Was selected member of the Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee with the United States FDA.

Founder and Chief Medical Officer of a medical device company that seeks to eliminate residual neuromuscular block and postoperative complications; member of four scientific advisory boards of international companies.

Presented hundreds of lectures nationally and internationally, and has authored over 400 scientific works, including 186 peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as editorials, letters, books, book chapters, educational videos, and abstracts.

Consultant Anaesthetist at Tayside, special interest in Ultrasound and Regional Anaesthesia, Neuromuscular blockade, Obstetric anaesthesia and pre-operative assessment.